| Babooshka |  |
| Babooshka | |
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• | Country: Russia |
| • | Label/Number: Melodiya T62-09813-14 | |
| • | Release date: Fall, 1980(?) | |
| • | Chronology: A four-track blue plastic flexi-disc EP exclusive to Russia, featuring Babooshka plus 3 Doobie Brothers songs. | |
| • | Babooshka Lyrics | |
| • | What it's about: An insecure wife foolishly tests her husband's fidelity by disguising herself and attempting to seduce him. It's a look at our tendency to ruin things for ourselves. | |
| • | Running time: 3:06 (see Etc2 below) | |
| • | Etc: This isn't really a picture sleeve; it's actually an 18"x7" trifold piece of construction paper. When opened, the third flap holds the disc in place (see image shown at left). | |
| • | Etc2: This is an interesting edit of the song. After the second chorus, two of the 3 "breaking glass" sequences Kate created on her Fairlight have been edited out. The song then resumes and continues past the end-fade that's used on every other single edit of the song -- this one includes the first 4 or 5 seconds of Delius. The result: a really natural sounding segue into the beginning of the Doobie Brothers song that follows! | |
| • | Etc3: Flexi-discs are really more for show than anything else. They typically sound just awful, but this one is surprisingly good! In fact, I'd say it's the best sounding flexi-disc I've ever heard -- by any artist! | |
| • | Etc4: A couple completely different versions of this flexi-disc exist. One of the variations is shown here. Another, included in the February, 1991 issue of Krugozor magazine, is shown here. | |
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